I Loved ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse’ Enough to Marry It Paul Reubens’s oddball masterpiece celebrated the kind of anarchy that captivates kids and freaks out adults.
Paul Reubens, Creator of Pee-wee Herman, Is Dead at 70 With his signature bow tie, short drainpipe pants and flattop hairdo, Pee-wee, as embodied by Mr. Reubens, became enshrined in the popular imagination as a symbol of childlike whimsy.